Boris Johnson Seeks to Move on From Partygate With New Right to Buy Offer

Boris Johnson Seeks to Move on From Partygate With New Right to Buy Offer
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson tries his hand at bricklaying in Oldbury, UK, on April 19, 2021. Jonathan Buckmaster - WPA Pool/Getty Images
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Prime Minister Boris Johnson has set out plans to allow housing association tenants to buy their properties at substantial discounts and will also open the door for people on low incomes to use housing benefit money to obtain mortgages.

Speaking in the Lancashire seaside resort of Blackpool, the prime minister unveiled the biggest boost to the right-to-buy policy since the 1980s when it was a flagship policy of Margaret Thatcher.

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